For separating date and time, one strategy I've seen is to use a "T". Then you don't need the quotes. So, a date range would be:
--date=2016/09/28T03:00-2016/10/02T12:00 But I can see another issue. wunderfixer uses a different format: --date=YYYY-mm-DD Personally, I prefer this to YYYY/mm/DD, but using hyphens here means we can't use them for date ranges. So, I would suggest that when one wants a date range, you use a different set of options: --from=YYYY-mm-DDTHH:MM --to=YYYY-mm-DDTHH:MM An example would look like: --from=2016-09-28T03:00 --to=2016-10-02T12:00 You use either --date or --from/--to, but not both. -tk On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 5:06 AM, mwall <mw...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > On Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 1:46:03 AM UTC-4, gjr80 wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Oh yes - somewhere in the instructions (or help, not sure which) - the >>> time in the --date command is in brackets. I presume this is because the >>> time is optional - but why the brackets? An option in syntax definitions >>> is (I thought) indicated by | whilst the inclusion of brackets implies the >>> time should be enclosed in brackets - which is wrong (I think). >>> >>> >> It is the Utilities guide and the --help usage text. The hh:mm in a range >> is optional. I will get some input from Tom and Matthew, can you have >> nested [ ], if not you end up with a very long line. >> > > the current (explicit) form is: > > [--date=YYYY/MM/DD|'YYYY/MM/DD hh:mm'|'YYYY/MM/DD (hh:mm)-YYYY/MM/DD (hh:mm)'] > > > technically that should be: > > [--date=(YYYY/mm/dd|'YYYY/mm/dd HH:MM'|'YYYY/mm|dd (HH:MM)-YYYY/mm/dd > (HH:MM)')] > > > a more compact form would be: > > [--date="YYYY/mm/dd[ HH:MM][-YYYY/mm/dd[ HH:MM]]"] > > with the caveat that quotes are required only if the date string contains > any spaces. > > note that month should be mm because minutes is MM > > m > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
